Career Progression, Reimagined For Leaders and the Organisations They Serve

For senior professionals and organisations serious about sustainable career progression.

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You’ve built strong capability and experience, yet career progression feels less visible — whether for you personally or across your organisation.

Managers are crucial to career development, yet many lack the confidence, structure, or tools to have meaningful career conversations.

People are expected to “own their careers,” but there’s limited clarity on pathways, progression criteria, or how opportunities really emerge.

As a result, capable people plateau, disengage, or leave impacting retention, internal mobility, and long-term leadership pipelines.

Hi, I’m Yvonne,

I’m a Career Development & Progression Strategist and FCIPD-qualified HR professional, working with senior leaders and organisations who want to approach career progression more intentionally.

With over 25 years’ experience across public, private, and not-for-profit sectors, I support individuals to navigate their next career chapter with clarity and confidence — and help organisations embed leadership-owned career development that improves retention, progression, and internal mobility.

My work sits at the intersection of career strategy, leadership capability, and organisational reality — bridging what individuals need with what organisations often struggle to provide.

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How I Support Career Progression:

I work with senior professionals and organisations to bring structure, clarity, and consistency to career progression — aligning individual ambition with organisational capability

For Individuals

Career Strategy & Progression Clarity

Structured support for senior professionals navigating their next move from role clarity and visibility to decision-making and progression pathways.rise.

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For Managers & Leaders

Leading Effective Career Conversations

Equipping managers with the confidence, language, and tools to support career development in a way that is fair, consistent, and practical.

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For Organisations

Career Development & Internal Mobility.

Partnering with HR and People teams to embed leadership-owned career development that improves retention, internal mobility, and succession planning..

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What My Clients Are Saying

Supporting individuals and organisations to approach career progression with greater clarity, confidence, and consistency

Yvonne is very warm and I found it very easy to build rapport and trust. Her coaching methods are cleverly designed for each client, I received more than I expected. Along the journey with Yvonne, she gave very helpful nuggets or gems as I call it about positioning my goals. Recommend for organisational coaching as well as focused individuals. Thank you Yvonne.

Uzoamaka Placida Ojinnaka

We were so pleased to welcome Yvonne as a guest speaker for our HR Voices webinar. Yvonne brought a fantastic balance of challenge, insight and practical experience to the discussion. She encouraged our audience to think differently about the role of HR and how people and business priorities can work together rather than compete with one another. Her passion for developing people and supporting HR professionals was clear throughout the session. Thank you, Yvonne, for sharing your expertise and making such a positive impact on our audience.

Natasia Hieber MA Chartered FCIPD QTLS PGCE

“ Yvonne Akinmodun you were instrumental in my success and I really appreciate all your help, thank you so much. if anyone needs career coaching, you should check out Career coaching matters, especially if you are from racialised community.”